Michigan basketball Italy tour game details revealed in funny release

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Jul. 17, 2014

Michigan basketball coach John Beilein looks on during practice March 28, 2013.

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The Michigan basketball team will travel to Italy next month for a nine-day foreign tour, and more details of the trip are emerging.

An Italian website today shared the schedule for the U.S. teams in the third annual "College Basketball Tour." The release, when translated from Italian, said U-M "will be the spearhead of College Basketball Tour 2014."

Michigan's tour is scheduled for Aug. 15-24, and four games are listed on the website collegebasketballtour.com: Aug. 17 vs. the Perugia All Star Men in Rome, Aug. 19 vs. The Big All Star Men at the Vicenza Palazzetto dello Sport, Aug. 20 vs. the ...